Marcel Duchamp's paintings have always held an interest with me. His Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2) is of particular interest to me for the way he portrays the nude human body so unabashedly yet without definition. The mottled coloring, the sharp and ungainly shapes; Duchamp shows the body unfavorably yet we can all appreciate the exquisite nature of his imagery.
Duchamp, Marcel. Nude Descending a Staircase (No.2)/Nu descendant un Escalier (No.2). 1912.
